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U.K. Lawmakers Push for Tighter Regulation of Online Gambling (Bloomberg)

Final court ruling on Dore case of extreme importance to define gaming operator’s liability – Paulo Martins Chan (Macau Business)

Why GAN Could Be the Shopify of Online Gambling (The Motley Fool)

NI bookmakers fear closures and job losses (BBC News)

UK betting firms’ move to redirect problem gambling funds raises concerns (The Guardian)

China gets website to report cross border gambling offences (GGRAsia)

Influential group of MPs calls for total ban on gambling advertising (The Guardian)

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BULGARIA:
Bill to restrict land-based casinos
A bill has been introduced to restrict land-based gaming to 10 large integrated resort casinos in 5-star hotels within 20km of Bulgaria’s national borders – it also calls for the closure of 638 existing casinos and slots halls no later than December 31, 2025

MACAU:
Worst April figures
April results of US$94.4 million represented the worst monthly performance since the liberalisation of the gaming industry – May figures were higher at around US$150.3 million but the first five months have reported a 76.7 % y-o-y fall

MACAU:
G2E Asia postponed again
The Global Gaming Expo Asia is once again postponed – the annual event at Venetian Macao was initially scheduled for May 19-21 and then postponed to July 28-30 – the new date is December 1-3

ARGENTINA:
SAGSE 2020 cancelled
The next SAGSE gaming show is now scheduled for 17 & 18 March 2021 at the Hilton Hotel in Puerto Madero, Buenos Aires – the organisers believe that the gaming industry will not see any return to normality before next year

LATVIA:
Online gambling in legal limbo
The gambling regulator is asking for a definitive statement from the government on whether a new coronavirus-related ban on gambling activity applies to the 14 locally licensed online gambling operators

U.K.:
Sol Kerzner dies aged 84
The controversial South African businessman was known for his casino resorts in the apartheid-era Homelands of South Africa, including Sun City, and Atlantis in the Bahamas and Dubai – he founded Sun International and Kerzner International as well as opening Mohegan Sun in Connecticut

AUSTRALIA:
Casinos impose social distancing
Australia’s two biggest casino companies say they will shut off half their poker machines to force gamblers to engage in “social distancing” and slow the spread of coronavirus

POLAND:
Casinos close
Century Casinos has announced that its subsidiary Casinos Poland, in which the Company holds a 66.6% ownership interest, has closed its casinos to comply with quarantine imposed by the Polish government – it is not known when they may reopen